101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
SB3547

 

Introduced 2/14/2020, by Sen. John F. Curran

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
410 ILCS 45/6.4 new

    Amends the Lead Poisoning Prevention Act. Beginning January 1, 2022, prohibits the sale or manufacture for sale in this State of garden hoses that are not lead free. Effective immediately.


LRB101 19938 CPF 69462 b

 

 

A BILL FOR

 

SB3547LRB101 19938 CPF 69462 b

1    AN ACT concerning health.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Lead Poisoning Prevention Act is amended by
5adding Section 6.4 as follows:
 
6    (410 ILCS 45/6.4 new)
7    Sec. 6.4. Regulation of lead in garden hoses.
8    (a) For purposes of this Section:
9    "Lead free" means:
10        (1) not containing more than 0.2 percent lead when used
11    with respect to solder and flux; and
12        (2) not more than a weighted average of 0.25 percent
13    lead when used with respect to the wetted surfaces of
14    garden hoses.
15    (b) Beginning January 1, 2022, no person shall sell or
16manufacture for sale in this State a garden hose that is not
17lead free.
 
18    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
19becoming law.